Trouble for McCain the war candidate - opposition to Iraq war at all-time high
The most recent USA Today/Gallup poll finds 63% of Americans saying the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq.
Check out these facts and statements by Gallup:
- This is the highest “mistake” percentage Gallup has ever measured for an active war involving the United States — surpassing by two points the 61% who said the Vietnam War was a mistake in May 1971.
- The average percentage saying the war is a mistake has increased every year of the conflict…majority opposition to the Iraq war is basically cemented.
Sadly, it looks as if this month will be the worst death toll of US troops since Sept ‘07 if the present trend continues.
Speaking of polls, I see in the RCP poll of polls, both Clinton and Obama are slightly ahead of McCain now. This margin will widen considerably once a Dem candidate is chosen, I guarantee it.
Graphics below the fold…
Even Democratic leaders realize the troubles their own party of far-left loons are causing for them…
“The bill is being hashed out behind closed doors with only key players involved. It is expected to bypass the Appropriations Committee and go straight to the House floor, a move that Republicans have called an abuse of House rules. But taking the final package directly to the floor will help Democratic leaders avoid the difficulties raised by fervent anti-war interests in their own party and Republicans eager to amend any package.”
“Anti-war Democrats continue to push for inclusion of tough policies aimed at ending the war, but they have been largely shut out of the negotiations over the bill. Out of Iraq Caucus leaders Reps. Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters of California met Wednesday with House Speaker Pelosi to make their case. Before the meeting, Waters said she wanted a separate vote on a “fully funded withdrawal from Iraq” provision, but such a vote is unlikely.”
“While Democratic leaders are expected to hold separate votes on war policy and spending for domestic programs in addition to the specific war funding, leadership sources said they will not include withdrawal timetables and other controversial war provisions. Instead, aides said that the thinking is running in favor of consensus policies that have received bipartisan support.”
In other words, STFU assholes.
Whoo-hoo! McSame’s 10,000 More Years!
The answer, as it was in 2006: More and BETTER Democrats.
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